SPLIT, Croatia – By late Sunday night, most cadets and crew members aboard the State of Maine were back on the ship, shaking off the last remnants of the hot Mediterranean sun. All accounts indicated that this port, the third of four during Maine Maritime… Read More
Editor’s Note: Bangor Daily News reporter Eric Russell and photographer John Clarke Russ are aboard Maine Maritime Academy’s ship the State of Maine as it conducts its annual training cruise. Today marks their final daily stories and photos about the experiences of 250 students and crew. Read More
SOMEWHERE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN – When Samantha Hanson patrols the engine room of the State of Maine, there’s a good chance she’s the only female around. Similarly, Heather Swan usually finds herself in a similar scenario, outnumbered when she’s on the bridge of the Maine… Read More
Editor’s Note: Bangor Daily News reporter Eric Russell and photographer John Clarke Russ are aboard Maine Maritime Academy’s ship the State of Maine as it conducts its annual training cruise. The two will file daily stories and photos as they accompany 250 students and crew to European ports… Read More
BANGOR – The captain of Maine Maritime Academy’s training vessel has returned to Maine and is recuperating at a hospital in Bangor, according to his family. Laurence “Larry” Wade was moved Thursday night at Eastern Maine Medical Center to an inpatient rehab facility, a relative… Read More
Editor’s Note: Bangor Daily News reporter Eric Russell and photographer John Clarke Russ are aboard Maine Maritime Academy’s ship the State of Maine as it conducts its annual training cruise. The two will file daily stories and photos as they accompany 250 students and crew to European ports… Read More
AT SEA IN THE MEDITERRANEAN – Communication is one aspect of maritime technology that has seen a big improvement, and not even the most old-school sailor seems to mind. “That’s something that really has helped with morale,” said George Kimball, radio officer aboard the State… Read More
Editor’s Note: Bangor Daily News reporter Eric Russell and photographer John Clarke Russ are aboard Maine Maritime Academy’s ship the State of Maine as it conducts its annual training cruise. The two will file daily stories and photos as they accompany 200 students and crew to European ports… Read More
AT SEA IN THE MEDITERRANEAN – When cooking and preparing three meals a day for 250 people aboard a 500-foot ship, it doesn’t take long before the math gets tricky. The utility crew aboard the Maine Maritime Academy training ship State of Maine, however, makes… Read More
Above and below decks on MMA’s State of Maine Training ship’s deck, engine crews in friendly rivalry
Editor’s Note: Bangor Daily News reporter Eric Russell and photographer John Clarke Russ are aboard Maine Maritime Academy’s ship the State of Maine as it conducts its annual training cruise. The two will file daily stories and photos as they accompany 200 students and crew to European ports… Read More
Editor’s Note: Bangor Daily News reporter Eric Russell and photographer John Clarke Russ are aboard Maine Maritime Academy’s ship the State of Maine as it conducts its annual training cruise. The two will file daily stories and photos as they accompany 200 students and crew to European ports… Read More
Editor’s Note: Bangor Daily News reporter Eric Russell and photographer John Clarke Russ are aboard Maine Maritime Academy’s ship the State of Maine as it conducts its annual training cruise. The two will file daily stories and photos as they accompany 200 students and crew to European ports… Read More
Editor’s Note: Bangor Daily News reporter Eric Russell and photographer John Clarke Russ are aboard Maine Maritime Academy’s ship the State of Maine as it conducts its annual training cruise. The two will file daily stories and photos as they accompany 200 students and crew to European ports… Read More